The 100 best companies to work for, in the minds of editors of Fortune magazine, include three companies from San Antonio. Fortune’s website on Thursday said Rackspace Managed Hosting finished 43rd on the list, NuStar Energy LP came in 44th (see earlier Clocking In post) and Valero Energy Corp. came in at 93. Rackspace and Valero […]
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Women in Insurance and Financial Services, a national professional organization, selected the first-ever San Antonio woman as its Rookie Award winner. Diana Scheel, a financial advisor with Sapient Financial Group. The award recognizes women with less than three years industry experience, and is awarded to the candidate with the leading business results for the year. […]
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G.I. Jobs has named local insurance company USAA the number four military friendly employer in the country. In the magazine’s annual list of top 50 military friendly employers, USAA remained in the top ten for the sixth consecutive year. They noted that USAA, formed in 1992 by Army officers, goes “above and beyond” to recruit […]
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SouthTown did very well for itself at Wednesday’s 2008 HACER Gala NCR Awards dinner in the San Fernando AT&T Community Center. SouthTown business Torres Taco Haven won Neighborhood Commercial Revitalization Business of the Year. SouthTown-based ad agency Robot Creative won for NCR Development Grant. Volunteer of the Year went to the neighborhood’s Cecil Lara of […]
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Volant Embroidered Art, a specialty textile art gallery in downtown San Antonio, claimed top honors at this year’s Golden Needle Awards sponsored by Stitches magazine. Of 17 categories, Volant placed first in Embroidery, Accessories, Home and Digitizing, Design of the Year and Corporate. Readers of Stitches cast more than 19,000 votes. Among the most challenging […]
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Local moving company Scobey Moving & Storage Ltd., an agent of Mayflower Transit, was recognized by its parent company during Mayflower’s 2008 convention for exceptional professional performance. The annual awards program also recognizes Mayflower’s top revenue and sales producers. Scobey Moving & Storage began in 1913 a four-story fireproof warehouse, six wagons and twelve horses. […]
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Kleberg Richard M. “Tres” Kleberg, III, chairman of the board for the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, was recently named one of nine new Civilian Aides to the Secretary of the Army, Pete Geren. Since 1922, civilian aides have worked to promote good relations between the army and the public. Usually business or civic […]
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Easter Seals of San Antonio selected Affordable Custodial & Office Supplies Inc. the recipient of its 2008 Employer of the Year award. ACS Affordable participated in the Easter Seals New Beginnings progam, which furthers their mission to create solutions and positively change the lives of adults with disabilities. The company will be recognized during the […]
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Five councils and advisory boards with the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce have had new chairpeople appointed as leaders. Named chairwoman of the Area Business Councils was Jeanette Honermann with the City of Windcrest, while Mark Metcalfe, Wachovia’s San Antonio market president, will preside over the Economic Development Council and Wendi Strong, USAA’s executive […]
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